Clothesline support



1950 P. M. KEANE 2,518,792

CLOTHESLINE SUPPORT Filed March 9, 1948 v El] IN VEN TOR.

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I Application March 9, 1948, Serial No. 13,925

' This invention relates to an adjustable clothes line support and particularly an adjusting support for one endof a clothes'linet f The primary object of this inventionis to-pro vide' a clothes line support generally perpendicular on a wall or similar supporting surface on said supporting guide into selected and convenient positions. I

I amaware thatsomechangesmay be made in the general arrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts as well as in the details of the construction thereof without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the following specification, and as defined in the following claims; hence I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the said device and parts as described in the said specification nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of the said parts as illustratedin the accompanying drawings.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be made manifest in the'following detailed description, reference is had to the accompanying drawings for the illustrative embodiment of the invention wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side view of the clothes line supporting device.

Fig. 2 is a fragmental view of the supporting device partly lowered.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the block for raising and lowering the device. 7

A clothes line I of the usual type is played around pulleys 2 and 3. The outer pulley 3 is mounted on a hook 4 on a post 5 in the usual manner, customarily remote from the building. The first pulley 2 is mounted on a travelling unit 6 which travels on a guide or trolley cable I suitably supported along a wall 8.

In the herein illustration the trolley cable 1 is provided with an usual adjustable tension connection 9 and a hook I I at one end and a loop -3 Glaims. (01. 211-419.)

IZ attheotherjendfor engaging a hook I3 fixed inthe wall *8 at its lower endfa'ndliook 32 at its upper end; I

' The travelling unit 6 consists'of a'generally U- shaped bra'cket 'l l the sides of which'are of triangular shape and are connected by a-top connecting. portion Hi with a loop [7 therein to beengaged by anend of-a hoist line I8. In each corner ofieachside of the bracket I4 is a journal each ofrwhich supports a suitablewheel 0r pulley between the sides of the'bracket I4; The'journal shaft I9 supportsa trolley wheel ZI which rides on the :trolleycable 1 adjacent the wall 3,. as shown in Fig. 2. Theiourrial shaft 122- on' the outside :and opposite thefirst Journal shaft I9 supports'the clothes line. pulley 2 spaced from the walla to a'distance depending on the width of .thebracket I4; The third pivot shaft 23 is near. the apex-of the triangular bracket I 2v and supports a pulley 24,:of the so "called'single purchase type. On this pulley 24 is placed the loop ZI'of the hoist line I8.

A: double purchase pulleyblock 28 is supported on a bracket 29, the eye 3i of which is hung on a hook 32 extended from the wall 8. The hoist line 2'! extending from its end I8, or from the loop I I of the top of the pulley block I4, is played around one purchase or pulley 33 of said double purchase block 28. The hoist line 21 extending from the travelling pulley 24 is played around the other purchase pulley 34 of said block. In other words from the end It! the hoist line 21 is played around one pulley 33 of the double purchase block 28 and then extends down and around the single purchase pulley 2t and then up and around the other purchase pulley 34 of the upper block and then downwardly. The free end 36 of the hoist line 21 is secured on a cleat 31 in the wall 8 in a convenient position for the user to handle.

In operation the user releases the free end 35 of the hoist line and gradually allows the lowering of the travelling unit 6 to where the pulley 2 of the clothes line I is in a convenient position. Then by turning the clothes line around its pulleys in the usual manner a person standing on the ground can hang clothes upon the clothes line I. After the clothes are hung the free end 36 of the hoist line is pulled down and by reason of the double purchase of the hoist line 21 around the pulleys 33 and 34, the entire travelling unit is easily and quickly raised to any selected height or elevated position. Then the free end 36 of the hoist line 21 is tied onto the cleat 31 and it holds the clothes line and the clothes thereon in position. For the removal of the clothes from the clothes line the same operation is repeated.

This device is very simple to assemble and to install; it permits the use of existing clothes lines and existing posts. The generally vertical guides or trolley cables may be mounted on a post or on a well or any suitable surface where the user wishes to hang clothing. After the hooks are arranged on the wall and the trolley line is mounted then the traveller is hung and the hoist line played around the single purchase pulley and then around the double purchase block at the top and the device is ready for operation. There is no further adjustment required. The average household user can easily manipulatethe device as heretofore described.

I claim:

1. In a support for the end of a clothes line, a guide line adapted to be mounted on a supporting wall and being spaced therefrom, a travelling unit, a pulley for engaging said clothes line mounted in said travelling unit, a wheel in said unit riding on said guide between said guide line and said supporting wall, a hoist pulley in said travelling unit, a hoist block suspended on said wall adjacent said guide line, a hoist line secured at one end to the top of said travelling unit and played around said hoist block and then around said hoist pulley on said unit and. then again around said hoist block and extended downwardly for raising and lowering said unit on said guide, and means for attaching the free end of said hoist line to said supporting wall.

2. In a support for the end of a clothes line, a flexible guide line adapted to be mounted on a supporting wall and being spaced therefrom, a travelling unit, a pulley for engaging said clothes line mounted in said travelling unit, a wheel in said unit riding on said guide between said guide line and said supporting wall, a hoist pulley in said travelling unit, a hoist block suspended from said wall, a hoist line secured at one end to the top of 4 said travelling unit and played around said hoist block and then around said hoist pulley on said unit and then again around said hoist block and extended downwardly for raising and lowering said unit on said guide, and means for attaching the free end of said hoist line to said supporting Wall.

3. In a support for the end of a clothes line, a guide line adapted to be mounted on a supporting wall and being spaced therefrom, a travelling unit, a pulley for engaging said clothes line mounted in said travelling unit. a wheel in said unit riding on said guide line between said guide line and said supporting wall, a hoist pulley in said travelling unit, a hoist block suspended from said wall, a hoist line secured at one end to the top of said travelling unit and played around.

said hoist block and then around said hoist pulley on said unit and then again around said unit on said guide, and means for attaching the free end of-said hoist line to .said supporting wall, the upper block being a double purchase block and the hoist pulley in said travelling unit being a single pulley.

PATRICK M. KEANE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of'this patent:

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